Heney eoeebeck



(No Model.)

H. ROREBEOK.

I HALTER.

No. 255.395.- Patented Mar. 21,1882.

N. PETERS PYwIo-Lflhngnpher. Wnihingtvn. u. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ROBEBEGK, OF PARMA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO CHARLES S.UPTON AND CHARLES E. COATES, BOTH OF SPENGERPORT,

NEW YORK.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.255,395, dated March21,1882,

Application filed February 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ROR-EBEOK, of Parma, Monroe county, New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Halters, and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of a horses head with my improvedhalter attached. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the halter.

My improvement relates to that class of halters which areself-tightening on the horses head when strain is applied. The design isto simplify and cheapen the device by avoiding the use of the greatnumber of leather straps and iron rings ordinarily used; also,dispensing with the throat-leash which is commonly employed in thisclass of halters.

The invention consists in the combination of a leather head or crownpiece, a leather nose-piece, and a hitching rope or strap formed withtwo bights or branches,which connectwith the head and nose pieces, so asto form a noose, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A indicates the head or crown piece, which is simply'aleather strap made in two parts, a I), connected on one side by abuckle, c, and having loops or eyes at d 0 at thelower ends, throughwhich the bights or branching ends 0t the rope pass, as will presentlybe described. This strap simply passes over the head back of the ears,as shown.

B is the nosepiece, consisting also ot'a simple strap of leather, havingloops or eyes h h at its ends, through which the branches of the ropepass, sa'id branches being fastened permanently thereto, and providedalso with braces ff, of leather in the form of rings.

0 is the hitching rope or cord. At the point 9 it separates into twobig'nts or branches, 0 0. These bights spread on opposite sides and arepermanently attached to the ends of the nose-strap, as before described.Thence they 5 extend upward and backward loosely through the'loops d dof the head-piece; and thence they extend downward, are joined together,

and are inclosed by a leather covering, 12, and have at their extremelower end a loop, it, through which the main length of the rope passes,as shown in Fig. 2, thus forming a regular noose.

The great advantage of this invention is the simplicity and cheapness ofconstruction, the avoidance of the great number of iron rings andleather straps which are necessary in common halters, the avoidance of athroat-leash, and the entire disconnection of the head and nose, exceptby the noose formed in the rope. The only leathers used are the twostraps forming the head and nose pieces. Any strain produced bystraightening the rope draws the head and nose pieces closer in place byreason of the action of the sliding noose. It will be noticed aspeculiar to this invention that the joining ends of the two bights O Oat the point 13 rest closely under the neck, and form, in eifect, athroat-leash, without employing a special part for that purpose. By theuse of this halt-er all rubbing and wearing upon the head and nose areavoided.

Having thus described my invention, I do not claim broadly aself-tightening halter; but

1 claim- In a halter, the combination, with the leather 75 head-piece Aand nose-piece B, of the rope or strap 0, provided with the two bightsor branches 0 U said bights being permanently attachedxto the ends ofthe nose-piece, thence extending upward and passing loosely through theloops on the ends of the head-piece, thence extending downward, joiningtogether, and having a loop at the bottom, through which the main end ofthe rope passes, thus forming a noose, as shown and described, and forthe purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HENRY ROREBEOK.

